Proverbs 25:14:7Prov.25.14.W7TAB
בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃
bemattatshaker
“in a gift of falsehood”
- Transliteration
- be-mat-TAT-sha-KER
- Extended
- beh-maht-TAT-shah-KEHR
- IPA
- /bəmatˈtat.ʃaː.qɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a gift of falsehood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-mat-TAT-sha-KER
- clause
ISH mit-he-lLEL be-mat-TAT-sha-KER
- sentence
ne-si-IM ve-RU-akh ve-GE-shem A-yin ISH mit-he-lLEL be-mat-TAT-sha-KER
Exegesis
This is followed by the prepositional construct bᵊ-mattat-šāqer {בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר | bᵊ-mattat-šāqer} ‘in a gift of falsehood’, establishing the metaphor that empty promises are as unproductive as clouds and wind without rain. The Hebrew word order places the negation before the subject, heightening the rhetorical effect through climax and reversal.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ק־ר
“to lie”
In context — Proverbs 25:14
A man who boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 25:14, so the Hebrew word בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃ (bemattatshaker) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.25.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.14.W7.S1) and character.